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#7 of 20.

the current keeps us 
from each other
but we cast our hearts
again
they cut their teeth 
in savage water
from quivering shells on the shore
we cry out for more
cry out for more
like the world might forget
something it’s not imagined yet

we’ve never met
so how is that i’ve your pulse
pounding in my lips
and you’ve mine
lightning intertwined
whale songs bound
to the abyss

where the whirlpool dwells

i want to be someone
you can’t forget
i want to be someone
you’ve never met

where the cymbals swell
i hold you like a breath

we’ll never be
so how is that you’re
an immortal melody
in my mind
climbing like a vine
bringing sorrow to its knees

where the whirlpool dwells

i want to be someone 
you can’t forget
i want to be someone
you’ve never met
never met

where the cymbals swell
i hold you like a breath

(from “raised by swans is the name of a man, vol. 2: run with the silent wildfires”. available now. all lyrics and music written and performed by e. howden)